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Category Archives: Sports Media
HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO: You’ll often find me railing against sportswriters who join a parade of groupthink with no comprehension for dissent, or worse, no comprehension for differing demographics, value or points of view. For example, pick … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, Marketing, Sports Media
Tagged Groupthink, Jersey sales, Lebron James, The Decision
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You, too, can be a national columnist for a major sports website!
The Masters just ended, and you now sport your porkpie sportswriter’s hat. That’s right, gang, you’re fully prepared to write a half-baked column about the world’s most prestigious golf tournament. But first, consult your ESPN style manual, and make sure … Continue reading
Posted in Golf, Humor?, Sports Media
Tagged Charl Schwartzel, Cowherd, ESPN, Masters, porkpie hats, Reilly, Simmons, The Machismo Code, Tiger Woods
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Final Bracket Gnash. Someone really voted Ohio State no. 1?
The coaches’ poll released after the NCAA Tournament is always an exercise in futility. Of course the No. 1 team should be unanimous. Of course it should be the NCAA Champion. This year, however, some oaf decided to cast a … Continue reading
BCS and Madness comparisons? Really worth a post?
The dust settles after round four of the NCAA Tournament – with upstarts Butler and VCU confounding most bracket eggheads. Sports media, as usual, works itself into a stupor. Sports columnists generally struggle with the idea that the world may … Continue reading
Posted in Sports Media
Tagged BCS Fail, Deadspin, Fail, fail, Jason Whitlock, Joe Posnanski, March Madness
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NCAA Brackets 2011: The Cranky Sportswriters.
Sure, everyone gnashes teeth when the brackets release on Selection Sunday, openly furious that mediocre schools missed the cut while other mediocre schools earned a bid. This is a calling card of the NCAA Tournament and the Selection Committee. As … Continue reading
Posted in College Basketball, Sports Media
Tagged ESPN, Grumpy Old Men, Mike Wilbon, NCAA Tournament
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Delayed Reaction: The New (Old) Big Ten.
There it is, right there on the Conseco Fieldhouse floor. Six months since launch, and I still don’t know if I like or loathe the new Big Ten logo. As with most sports rebrands, initial reaction split between vitriol and … Continue reading
Posted in Editing & Design, Marketing, Sports Media
Tagged Alliteration, Big Ten, Design with Results, Rebranding
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Quick: NFL Lip Service
NFL LIP SERVICE: Last night, talking heads and armchair commentators gnashed teeth over ESPN’s report of Donovan McNabb’s new contract. (Review Twitter with “McNabb contract” for a stimulating sample.) This morning, however, we all discover that basically Donovan McNabb got … Continue reading
Posted in NFL, Sports Media
Tagged Donovan McNabb, Obligatory NFL, Quick, Stupid Media
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Attack of the sports columnists.
Previously, we touched on the growing propensity of straw men within current columnist arguments. Often, some of our favorites, your favorites, and even yours truly, construct a straw man in order to argue their point of view as rebuttal instead … Continue reading
Posted in Sports Media
Tagged Colin Cowherd, Drew Magary, Hypocrisy, Jason Whitlock, Lebron James, Mike Wilbon, Rob Neyer, Sports Media, The Big Lead
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Corporate Colts Outlook
Coming soon, I’ll have a more detailed – and perhaps nuanced – position-by-position overview of the 2010 Colts. Until then, you’ll just have to deal. But suffice it to say, when you’re marooned in your office, it’s tough working on … Continue reading
Posted in Colts, Sports Media
Tagged 810 Sports, Antoine Bethea, Baltimore Ravens, Bob Sanders, Charley Johnson, Colts, Indianapolis, Jacob Lacey, Jamey Richard, Jeff Saturday, Jerraud Powers, Kansas City Chiefs, Kevin Harlan, Kyle Devan, Matt Cassel, Melvin Bullitt, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Our friend Gary KUBIAK, Our friend Jack-Del, Peyton Manning, Pittsburgh Steelers, Reggie Wayne, Robert Mathis, Ryan Diem, Ryan Lilja, Soren Petro, Tennessee Titans
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LeBron James and Public Relations
Wow, we’re all quick to judge, aren’t we? Tonight, ESPN becomes the mouthpiece – or enabler – for the cap-off to LeBron James’ farewell or recruitment tour or constant fete. No matter the sentiment, however, James’ weeklong will-he-won’t-he-why-is-he junket is … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, NBA, Sports Media
Tagged Advertising, Allen Iverson, Branding, Cleveland Cavaliers, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Marketing, Miami Heat, Michael Jordan, NBA, New York Knicks
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Lebron, no longer vs. the World
From The Big Lead, I clipped and pasted evidence of the conventional wisdom surrounding one of Lebron James’ oft-discussed landing possibilities: The Chicago Bulls. Why would LeBron go to a franchise where he has no chance of being the best … Continue reading
Next World Cupdate
I swear Tony Kornheiser reads this blog. OK, he doesn’t. But he would appreciate our stance on soccer fans. He would – it mirrors his; not by imitation, just by coincidence. If he read, he’d likely chortle, yet wonder how … Continue reading
The World Cupdate. (Has no one thought of that?) Brilliance.
Seriously, someone else has to have thought of that? Cup-date?! Believe it or not, I’m enjoying the World Cup. That’s right, I am. Oh, sure, I’m in the middle of Kansas, and people here are obsessed with the nouveau-Big 12. … Continue reading